Syrian rebels battle deeper into coastal province

Thursday, March 27, 2014

BADROUSIEH, Syria -- Syrian rebels pressed their offensive deeper into the coastal heartland of President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect Wednesday, battling government troops backed by warplanes for control of at least two villages in the heavily wooded and mountainous terrain, activists said.

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